Cover of Darkness
Horror

Darkness

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  • 2010 first published
  • 470 pages
  • 3 editions
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Published in 2010, Darkness is a horror novel by Ellen Datlow, Clive Barker and Edward Bryant. It features Bill Hogan. Key subjects include convenience stores, Hitchhiking and Carjacking.

52 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

It runs to roughly 470 pages — 8–9 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Darkness

Compiling the finest in frightening tales, this unique anthology offers a diverse selection of horror culled from the last 25 years. Hand selected from cutting-edge authors, each work blends subtle psychology and mischievousness with disturbingly visceral imagery. In the classic “Chattery Teeth,” Stephen King provides a tautly drawn account of a traveling salesman who unwisely picks up yet another hitchhiker, while in Peter Straub’s eerie “The Juniper Tree,” a man whose nostalgia for the movies of his childhood leads to his stolen innocence. Renowned fantasy author George R. R. Martin weaves a sinister yarn about a young woman encountering a neighbor who is overly enamored with her in “The Pear-Shaped Man.” Combining acclaimed masters of the macabre, such as Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, and Thomas Ligotti, with bold new talents to the genre, including Kelly Link, Neil Gaiman, and Stephen King’s son, Joe Hill, this distinctive collection of stories will delight and terrify.
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Characters

  • Bill Hogan

Subjects

  • Horror
  • English Horror tales
  • American Horror tales
  • Convenience stores
  • Hitchhiking
  • Carjacking
  • Horror tales

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Quick answers

Who wrote Darkness?

Darkness was written by Ellen Datlow, Clive Barker and Edward Bryant and first published in 2010.

What genre is Darkness?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Darkness?

The median edition has 470 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Darkness?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Green Mile, House of Leaves and The Call of Cthulhu.

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